Category Archives: One Lansdowne Road

Developer digs in to keep planning consent for £500m tower

Posted on February 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

After already suffering a decade of development blight in the town centre because of the on-off-on-off-again aborted Westfield scheme, now a key site off Wellesley Road is about to be turned into a hole in the ground for an indefinite … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Questions tower over council’s husband and wife planning act

Posted on August 27, 2020 by insidecroydon

Angry residents are seeking a full and independent investigation into the role played by a senior member of the council’s planning department in a £300million tower development that was granted planning permission in central Croydon – when the wife of … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Purley | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council gags architecture experts on costly Place Review Panel

Posted on March 30, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Place Review Panel has been gagged, just three months since the building design body was set up, at potentially considerable public expense. Once a month, six members of the panel of high-profile architects and designers, who include the celebrity … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Centrale, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Lansdowne Road developer lunching out on Exchange Square

Posted on May 1, 2016 by insidecroydon

In case there was any lingering doubt about the corporatism which is taking over central Croydon, you might want to cough up nearly 70 notes for the “opportunity” to “enjoy” an “exclusive” lunch to hear a property speculator give “his … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Exchange Square, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Splash-in-the-sky pool included in 69-storey tower plan

Posted on February 18, 2016 by insidecroydon

The Estates Gazette has reported further details of the plans for the One Lansdowne skyscraper in central Croydon, with one its two towers being 700-foot tall, all to be built on a site immediately opposite where the new Westfield shopping … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairfield, Housing, One Lansdowne Road, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Town centre high rise towers are building up divisions

Posted on January 2, 2016 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: East Croydon resident ROD DAVIES joins the debate about the over-development of the town centre, with a warning for the future If the Greater London Authority is correct that Croydon needs to provide 40,000-plus homes in the future, … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Community associations, Delancey, ECCO, Environment, Housing, Menta Tower, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Homes worth living in need to provide space to breathe

Posted on December 29, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: If the thousands of new homes planned for the town centre lack meaningful green space, we risk creating the favelas of the future, warns LEWIS WHITE It is worth thinking about who actually buys flats. I am basically … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Broad Green, Delancey, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Nestle Tower, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Segas House | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

TfL’s loopy scheme will strangle town centre to a stand-still

Posted on November 13, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Multi-million pound proposals for the trams in the town centre could see the Croydon road network being gridlocked, says bus passenger VALERIE HUNTER According to Transport for London, the improvements – new platforms and more frequent services – … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Business, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, New Addington, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

China syndrome in Croydon with Lansdowne Road deal

Posted on October 23, 2015 by insidecroydon

Given the alacrity with which Gideon and Call Me Dave are flogging off national interests on the cheap to China, it was a wonder that as they departed the banqueting hall at Buck House this week – where they had … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Central, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments